The document discusses Earth's global rainfall distribution and the different precipitation patterns in tropical, temperate, and polar regions. Tropical regions near the equator experience heavy rainfall due to hot, humid weather and converging winds. Temperate zones between the tropics experience light rainfall and four distinct seasons as air usually sinks at the surface. Polar regions have very cold temperatures year-round, which prevents air from holding much water vapor, resulting in low snowfall amounts of around 10 inches annually in some areas.

1. EARTH’S GLOBAL
RAINFALL
DISTRIBUTION
PRESENTED BY:
MA. BEATRICE HERRERA
ANGELA TAYLAN
GR. 9 - TEMPERANZA

2. PRECIPITATION
•IT IS THE PRIMARY MECHANISM FOR
TRANSPORTING WATER FROM THE
ATMOSPHERE BACK TO THE EARTH’S
SURFACE
•THIS INCLUDES RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, AND
HAIL

3. RAINFALL
•THE QUANTITY OF RAIN FALLING WITHIN A
GIVEN AREA IN A GIVEN TIME

4. TROPICAL REGIONS
•ALSO CALLED AS “TROPICS”, ARE THE
REGION OF THE EARTH NEAR THE EQUATOR
AND BETWEEN THE TROPIC OF CANCER IN
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND THE
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN IN THE SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE.

6. •TEMPERATURES ARE MAXIMUM AT 32ºC
AND MINIMUM AT 18ºC
•BECAUSE OF THE HOT, HUMID WEATHER
AND CONVERGENCE OF SURFACE
WINDS, HEAVY RAIN OCCURS

7. TEMPERATE ZONES
•IT IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE TROPIC OF
CANCER AND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IN THE
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OR BETWEEN THE
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN AND THE
ANTARCTIC CIRCLE IN THE SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE

9. •TEMPERATURES CAN GREATLY CHANGE
HERE BECAUSE OF ITS FOUR SEASONS
(SUMMER, WINTER, FALL, AND SPRING).
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS BETWEEN 0ºC -
20ºC.
•AIR USUALLY SINKS TO THE SURFACE.
THEREFORE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS
LIGHT.

10. POLAR REGIONS
•ARE LOCATED AT EACH END OF THE
EARTH’S AXIS. THE NORTHERN RESTING ON
THE ARTIC REGION AND THE SOUTHERN ON
ANTARTICA.

12. •BOTH POLES ARE COVERED WITH ICE AND
SNOW. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS LESS
THAN 10ºC AND THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE RECORDED IS -89ºC IN
ANTARCTICA
•THESE REGIONS ARE PARTLY DRY BECAUSE
THEIR COLD DESCENDING AIR CANNOT
HOLD MUCH WATER VAPOR, PRECLUDING
THE FORMATION OF CLOUDS AND
SNOWFALL. SOME REGIONS RECEIVE 10
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION EACH YEAR.